Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-04-05

Geo. w. AQa1ns, OF t0o law Qrfn O.
> Adams. Jones & Adams, is attending the su
perior court this week at Topeka
There was quite an exciting runaway yes
: terday on north Lawrence avenue. Th'
team was stopped nsar Second s5res..
Miss Emma Harmon, one of Cald WE'LL
charming society bellies, spent last Sabbath
re- in our CITY, the guest of Miss Ona Barfoot.
r A goodly number Of ladies attended thu
Bible reading Monday afternoon which wa
very impressive as conducted by Mrs
~ Palmer.
Nj T. B. Murdoch, of the ElDorado Re
10 publican, accompanied by his wife and
daughter, spent Sabbath in the city with
D their relatives
NJ Mrs Julia A. Hunt left last evening fol
N Silver City. New Mexico, where she viii
meet her brother and with him make an ex
70 tended visit to Mexico.
10 Mr.. j. K. Rogers, who Is visiting A. Il.
~ Wood, Esq, South Topeka, is very much
y taken with the Princess and has already IL
vested in property here.
The next California excursion via the St
8 Louis, FIT Scott & Wichita and Missouri
N Pacific railroads will leave the TT Scott depot
at 9:35 tomorrow morning
~ 4 sign post on North Main was removed
70 last evening by the fire department. They
say it interfered to some extent with the dis
" charge Of their duties as fireDen.
n Rev. Adams lecture on electricity at the
St Johns church Sunday evening was high
o ~ interesting and instructive and was lis
. tened to by quite good sized audience.
A class for Chinese has been formed in the
Sunday school of the Christian church. The
0 attendance is not at present very large but is
said to be increasing with each Sun lay.
Two horses driven to carriage in which
) were seated two gentlemen became frighten-
, ed az tue railroad crossing on East Douglas.
A disastrous runaway was prevented only
by the presence of mind Of the driver.
} ". l.. Craft, of Eminence, Kentucky,
writes Us note, denying the interview in
which he was made to say uutruthful things
} OF Wichita. Dir. Craft says. in closing his
letter, II believe there IS bright future for
Kansas.
Mabley q Company, wholesale dealers IN
wooleas and fine tailoring, of Detroit, Mich
i2an, have established themselves an agency
in this city and placed it under charge of
F. II Calcott, very pleasant and genial
gentleman.
Mr.. j. Il. Hayener, formerly OF Malta, but
more recently of Denver, Colorado, has been
in the city for few days He was shown
over the city by his friends and was most
favorably impressed with the wonderful
future of the Princess OF the Plains.
Some kind hearted and consiierate person
or persons purcha ed q great easy chair in
the Methodist church, for the sole benefit of
Father Bliss, whose venerable form aid
white hairs have come to seem like one OF
the appointments of thai sauctury.
c. W. Kellogg & Son were boring on the
Blsckwelder ground, corner Market ard |
First streets, to test the ground for the |
the foundation. This will be the largest and |
most expensive building yet erected in the
city Work on the city will commence N
about ten days
c. T. Godfrey has returned from a bust
ness trip to Fl. Smith. He says that Fit.
Smith is no such place as Wichita, there are
comparatively few buildings gong up, real
estate transfers much less than here and
there is no such enterprise as is shown by the
Princes of the Plains
To the Editor OF the hagle
VIII you please correct the statement made
ia yesterdays EAGLE where you say $40, 600
is raised for the Presbyterian College and
that only $1,000 more is needed. s3b0J0 is
raised and it takes over $4,000, con-
siderable to get it.
4 crowd of men last night entered one Of
the sporting houses of the city. One of the
party was considerably intoxicated and in
suited another OF gang who were also look
ing at the sights a fight ensuel in which
the principals were somewhat badly bruised
about the face before they were separated.
Yesterday evening a gentleman arrived in
the city looking for a girl whom he says, he
fears, is a sporting woman. Hs says that by
the death o. a relative shs is lef: heir to
snug little sum o. money, this he says he will
turn over to her if she can be found.
For sale.
a good double barreled breech- loading
shotgun, Moore pattern, with re-ioadins in
sruments. belt, case aud cleaning ap paratus.
VIII be sold cheap. Inquire at room No. 2,
81 Main st. lf9-lta
Kentucky Trottcrs
I VIII sell at Riverside Park, on Thursday.
April 9TH, commencing as o'clock p. m, 2
Kentucky trotting horses. These horses will
be sold to the highest bidder These are